Revered architect Pietro Belluschi designed a midcentury modern masterpiece for an actor-turned-turkey tycoon in 1946 that became known as the "most progressive house" in the U.S.

Built on the top of a knoll looking out toward the valley at 25537 NW Dodson Road in Yamhill, the elegant, single-story ranch house cost $120,000 when tract homes sold for about $5,000.

Today, the pedigreed estate on five acres in Oregon's wine country is for sale at $1.1 million.

Unveiled during the post-war boom as tract houses were being duplicated across the nation as fast as hammers could strike, this radically modern, custom home captured the attention of national magazine writers and architectural critics, and shined the design spotlight on Oregon's remote farmland.

The innovative dwelling, which had radiant heat floors and seamless indoor-outdoor entrances, earned Belluschi an award for excellence by Progressive Architecture magazine and was featured in Time and other national magazines.

At the time he was inventing a new way to live in this house, Belluschi was a rising star because of his design of the spare, brick Portland Art Museum. Hewas also completing the towering glass-and-aluminum Equitable Building (now called the Commonwealth Building) and the glass, marble and granite Oregonian Building, both in downtown Portland.

Although focused on soaring curtain walls, swooping concrete and masses of stone in the city, Belluschi found inspiration for this country home from its surroundings.

A pitched roofline and extended eaves covered the rambling house, office, guesthouse and carport. Exterior walls were clad in weathered fir. Bedrooms and private spaces opened to a landscaped courtyard, outlined by a simple portico.

Belluschi reserved the most stunning elements for the expansive living room, which is bookended by glass walls. A wide fireplace was raised from the floor and set flush to the wall. Above it, a dazzling copper hood reaches to the ceiling.

Frederic Littman, a Hungarian artist living in Portland, was hired to sculpt a female form in the copper. The New York Times' Home section included the copper hood in a 1940s story about modern fireplaces.

These dramatic features impressed the original owner, Percy ("P.L.") Menefee, a theater actor in Pasadena, California, who returned to his Oregon roots. He bought 1,800 acres and became the world's largest producer of broad-breasted Bronze turkeys, according to Gordon Zimmerman, author of "A Song Of Yamhill And Oregon's Northwestern Willamette Valley."

The property, which was placed on the market July 5 by listing agent Rita Wolff of M Realty, includes patios, vegetable gardens, a pool, pool house, garden shed and chicken coop.

Of the 1,000 projects Belluschi designed or participated in over his long career, this house was one of his favorites, according to his son, Portland architect Anthony Belluschi.